Chapter 19- China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan

This chapter is all about troubles that happened internally and externally as well as threats that occured to all of the places mentioned, China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan. China and Japan were not the only places that were facing the European expansion. Dealing with Europe was not the only thing that China and Japan were focused on though, they were trying to complete an Islamic revival. The encounters with Europe provided a reflection in which the people of Asia and Africa viewed themselves and they tried to transform their own cultures. There were four main parts of European imperialism that affected the societies. First was their huge military power and their political tenacity of the rival European states. Second, they became very immersed into the trading networks, investing, and sometimes migration that leaked out of a industrialist and capitalist Europe. Third, they were affected by certain parts of European culture, such as the fact that some learned to speak French, English or German, some converted to Christianity, or studied European literature also and philosophy. Also, some Asian people an Africans engaged in the culture of modernity.
It is said that a lot of the factors for Europes massive expansion was the fact that the Industrial Revolution had recently taken place. This process gave way to new economic needs, and the needs for raw materials and agricultural products.
The Industrial Revolution, although so important, had many ill effects on much of the Asian countries.